Mnemonic comic for 丶

Translation

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3: "dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

Mnemonic

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters. Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).
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The character 丶 is used as component in many other characters. Let us use a petal in the mnemonic stories of those characters to help us remember that we need to use 丶 when writing them.

Although 丶 is not used as individual character, it helps to learn its pronunciation "zhu3" in case you want to type it. "zhu" is represented by Julian Giant Squid. Pinyin initials with "u" are represented by animals, and "zhu" sounds a bit like "g" in "giant squid". Julian is written as 朱利安 in Chinese which is pronounced zhu1 li4 an1.

We don't need an additional suffix, so the scene takes place in the space station. The best way to understand how this works is probably to go on reading more comics.

Matthias, over 1 year ago

Shout out to Ralph from Pixabay for uploading his photo of a petal, which I vectorized to use in this comic. Thanks Ralph!

Matthias, over 1 year ago

丶 character breakdown

The character 丶 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 丶 as component

寸
cùn = cu + (e)n4
a unit of length / inch / thumb
寸 = 一 + 亅 + 丶 : Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".
勺
sháo = sh + ao2
spoon / ladle / CL:把[ba3] / abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)
勺 = 丶 + 勹 : Mnemonic symbol: as 勺 should not be confused with 匕 (ladle), the mnemonic symbol for 勺 is a small silver spoon.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) feeds an elephant (勹) medicine in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). The medicine looks like a petal leaf (丶), and Sherlock Holmes uses a small silver spoon (勺) to feed it to the elephant.
匆
怱
co̅ng = cu + (e)ng1
variant of 匆[cong1]
匆
悤
co̅ng = cu + (e)ng1
variant of 匆[cong1]
匆
co̅ng = cu + (e)ng1
hurried / hasty
匆 = 丶 + 勿 : Kitty Cat (cu) is chasing a petal leaf (丶) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Wearing bat wings (勿) she is hurriedly (匆) flying after it.
白
bái = b + ai2
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
白 = 丶 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a white flag. The sun (日) is waving with a white (白) flag (白) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2) while Beelzebub (b) is beating them with a big petal leaf (丶).
自
zì = z + Ø4
self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely
自 = 丶 + 目 : Mnemonic symbol: a hand mirror, which someone uses to look at themselves.

The Eye of Providence (目) is looking at itself (自) in a handheld mirror (自) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It think it's indeed looking very good, since Zorro (z) attached a petal (丶) to its eye (目).
卜
蔔
bo = b + o5
see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]
卜
bǔ = bu + Ø3
(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose
卜 = 丨 + 丶 : Mnemonic symbol from "to divine" and the shape of the character: a voodoo staff.

Bruno Bear (bu-) tries to divine (卜) the future in the space station's living room (Ø3). He places a petal (丶) in the middle of the room as an offering and starts a magic ritual with his voodoo staff (卜). The staff transforms the petal into a dinosaur bone (丨). Bruno divines that the staff was trying to tell him that all things are mortal and must come to an end.
玉
yù = yu + Ø4
jade
玉 = 丶 + 王 : Mnemonic symbol: a jade bracelet.

Yu the Great (yu) and Martin Luther King (王) invented some kind of wrestling sport in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Both fighters have to be restrained by large jade bracelets (玉) around their body restricting their arms to be aligned to the body. Then they fight. To make things safe they stuffed the space station's bathroom (Ø4) with cosy petals (丶) so that they won't hurt themselves.
书
書
shu̅ = shu + Ø1
book / letter / document / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] / to write
书 = 丨 + ㇆ + 丶 : Sheldon Shrimp is enjoying a good book in front of the space station. Because he is lazy, he built a thingy to hold the pages in place with a dinosaur bone and two ploughs. He is laying very comfortable on a petal leaf serving as sofa.
书
書
shu̅ = shu + Ø1
abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
主
zhǔ = zhu + Ø3
owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)
主 = 丶 + 王 : Julian Giant Squid is playing cards with Martin Luther King in the space station. It's Martin Luther King's turn, and he holds a petal leaf in his hand high above his head: it's his trump card, and on it depicted is the Lord himself.

Words with 丶

丶 is not used as a character in a word.

Sentences with 丶

丶 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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